PREDICTION: Xbox1 will not win NPD when Halo 5 is released.

[Landguy]

bevochan said:

CGI-Quality said:

kitler53 said:
for all we know xbox could be $99 by then.

That just doesn't happen. Even at their most desperate, I wouldn't expect a drop like that.

OT: It's possible that Halo 5 could etch it over the PS4, in the US, for that week. Right now, I just can't call it, because the two instances where I expected the X1 to be ahead, even if brief, never came to pass. In the same breath, those two situations are not a new Halo releasing. Time is needed.

I think the only way Xbox1 can win is if Xbox1 is $100 cheaper than PS4.  There is no debate that Xbox1 is an inferior system, so it should be priced acordingly.  Although the public (wal-mart shoppers) are slow to react, they are starting to recognize that you shouldn't pay the same price for a console to play the inferior version of all 3rd party games.

That's the problem with that line of thinking.  Most people who buy at walmart could give a rats ass enough to even buy a bluray player.  They watch cable tv and DVD's still.  Do you really think they care about 1080p or 900p?  THey just bought a new tv there that is 1080p, but they didn't even know that it had it.

I agree that the XB1 kinectless sku should be less than the PS4 just for the fact that people can't be bothered to see how small the differences are between the 2 consoles and will buy what they hear is better.  But $50 is probably enough for that crowd.  For the core gamers, they will probably own both consoles eventually, even if they don't think so today.  Like Kitler says, if M$ dropped the price enough, people will buy it. 

If M$ was the all out evil company that many think they are, they would drop the price of the XB1 to $249 and make xbox live free for the first 6 months while packing in Titanfall.  That situation would make the PS4 sales drop like a rock within months.  Sony would have to do something equally insane and they don't have the cash to do it.  Of course, neither would do such a crazy thing.